Welcome to Day 9 of Waffle Flower Crafts Twelve Days of Gift Giving event!
Yainea (
@ My Paper Journey) is an amazing cardmaker who also makes super cute paper crafting projects. When we were planning for this event, her name just popped up! And her project made us WOW again!
Decorate Your Candles with Yainea
Hi there, Yainea here! I'm so excited to be guest designing on the Waffle Flower blog. I hope that you will enjoy my project! I decorated a candle and packaged it with a coordinating tag to give as a special handmade gift. The
Holiday Labels - Merry stamp set is full of Christmas elements that are just perfect for this project!
I always love a handmade gift, I think it means a lot that someone takes the time to make somthing just for you :)
You might think it is hard to decorate a candle and it takes a lot of time, but it is actually not hard at all! Here are some step by step instructions to guide you through the process so you can see how easy it is:
1. Pick your images to stamp on some tissue paper. I used the star ornament and the ornament hanger from
Holiday Labels - Merry stamp set. You can use many different inks for this but I don't recommend dye inks because they smear a lot on this kind of paper. I used Delicata golden ink. I've tried heat embossing the images and it turned out gorgeous too :)
2. Cut each one of your stamped images out, leaving some white space around them and then adhere the cutouts to the candle using a glue stick.
3. Take a piece of wax paper and hold it tightly around the candle. Use your heat tool on the stamped images. If you see the wax starts to cover the stamped image and you could barely see the edges of your cut, then it's time to stop heating. Repeat this process on all images around the candle.
It is optional but I also misted some gold glitter all over the candle for a more festival look. :)
4. We're going to create the tag now. Stamp the holiday label and the sentiment in gold ink and die cut with the
coordinating die. Cut two of the corners from a rectangle of kraft cardstock to make the tag base.
5. Stamp the little stars from the same
Holiday Labels - Merry stamp set on the tag base. Adhere the label we made in the last step to the tag using foam adhesive.
6. Finally, let's pack the candle! Place it in a plastic bag and tie it with some twine adding the tag. And you're done!
Easy, right? I hope you will give it a try! I'm going to make another candle using the snowflake from the same stamp set with blue ink. This gift idea is also perfect for Thanksgiving by using fall leaves on the candle and paired it with a thank you tag. There are many possibilities!!
Thank you so much Nina for having me, it was so fun joining the group of amazing crafters and seeing all the wonderful gift ideas during all this week. Hope that everyone will have a nice day!
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Thank you for sharing your talent with us, Yainea! We will definitely give this candle project a try!
SUPPLIES
Pavilio Lace Tape has caught our eyes since their first release! Their roll seal designs range from traditional Japanese patterns to trendy geometric patterns. In this 
They are great for gift wrapping:
Use our 
The holiday season is certainly a busy one! 
The supplies are minimal, you will need the Waffle Flower 
Fold the stamped topper in half and add your cute little gift card (I die over these tiny Starbucks cups). I attached mine with a brad. Slip the pierced circle under your gift card and adhere. I love that this now looks like a tree ornament! Staple the finished topper to your cookie bag and you are done! I know a lot of folks on my list that would really enjoy this little cutie!
Have a safe and wonderful holiday!
Kim
Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 11 of our Twelve Days of Gift Giving event!
Today we have one of our craft idols on the blog! Teri Anderson from 
Fold it up and then flatten the wrap and get ready to decorate it.
Ink up the label from the Holiday Labels - Give Thanks stamp set with a red water-based ink pad. Drop a little water onto the inked up label stamp with a water brush or a wet paint brush.
Stamp the label and let it dry completely.
Stamp the label from from the Holiday Labels - Merry stamp set on top.
Stamp on a few stars too.
Fussy cut the label with your scissors.
Create a second label just like this first one.
Now, you are going to want to make a blue label. Follow the same steps. Just use blue ink. And stamp a sentiment on top with black ink.
Die-cut a couple trees with the Riverside die set and affix them to the blue label.
Adhere the labels, some twine and sequins onto your lip balm packaging like so.
Fold up the package. Place the lip balm inside it. Punch a hole completely through the package.
Bring twine through the holes, holding the packaging and lip balm together. Tie a bow in the front of the package.
Finish the gift off by adding a little glue to the die-cut trees and sprinkling on a little bit of glitter.
When you are finished, you'll get something that looks like this.
If you make a lip balm holder to give as a gift, I'd love to see it! Please be sure to link up your project in the comments so I can come see it!
Thanks again for having me!
Teri
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Thank you for sharing your super craftiness with us, Teri!
Hello everyone! Welcome to Day 10 of Waffle Flower Crafts Twelve Days of Gift Giving event!
We have the crafty 
I think it’s so important to say “thank you” to anyone that opens their home and slaves over a hot stove to provide a lovely meal, don’t you? This is super easy to create!
Here are the Waffle Flower products that I used:
STEP TWO:
I used the woodgrain piece for the outside of the flower, and the leaf piece for the inside. The above photo shows the back of the two pieces, and how I adhered them together. I just tore off small pieces of washi tape and taped them around the circle to join the two pieces.
STEP THREE:
Using images from both the 
STEP FOUR:
I adhered the label to the front of the flower/tag using some foam tape. I cut a piece of yellow polka dot ribbon that I had in my stash, and adhered it to the back of the flower/tag using some tape. I tied a bow for the top (I adhered that with a glue dot). Easy peasy!
I think this project shows that you care enough for your hostess that you took the time to hand make something for them, and that you appreciate their hard work and hospitality!
Isn't it adorable? What a thoughtful gift wrap! Thank you for sharing your talent with us, Karolyn!
